Trousers-support.



G. D. JONES. TROUSERS SUPO'RT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.15, 1911.

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GEORG D. JONES, OF KOKOMO, INDIANA, ASSICTNOB.l TO KOKOM() BELT CO.. OF

KQKOMO, INDIANA.

'mousses-SUPPORT.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE D. Jones, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Kokomo, in the county of Howard and State ot' l Indiana, have invented a new and useful Trousers-Support, of which the following is a specification. y

This invent-ion relates to trouser supports of that type designed to be Worn inside of the waist band of the garment, the said invention being more particularly an improve-` ment upon the structure disclosed in Patent No. 983,449 dated February 7, 1911.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means whereby the device maybe used in connection with the ordinary suspender buttons without necessitating any changes in their positions.

Another obiect is to provide means whereby the support will exert an upward pull upon the back portion of the trousers, thus preventing the objectionable sagging which occurs when an ordinary belt is employed.

Another object is to provide a trouser support which is`simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and 'whichl can be Worn Without discomfort.

With the foregoing and other objects in -view which will appear as theY description proceeds, the invention resides in the cornbinatiou and arrangement of parts, and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment ot' the invention herein disclosed can he Ina-de within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit oftheinvert tion.

ln the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a persi; `ctive view of the support in position, a portion of the trousers being shown. I Fig. 2 is a detail view ot the support."

Referring to the figures characters ot reference l designates a haelt plate having upwardly converging slots 2 adjacent the sides thereof. tonghe 3y extends downwardly from the plate While o positely extending arms 4 extend from t e other end of the plate, the free ends of these arms being'lorked as indios ted at 5. Plate Ltonguc 3 and arms 4 are all preferably formed in a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. il, Mil;

fappneamn aied November 15, um. serial No. 660,447.

single piece of spring metal so that the structure is free to flex to any necessary eX- tent.

An elastic band or strap G is looped through each ot' the slots and has a buckle 7 of any desired forni connu-ual to one end thereor and by means ot'whieh the sizeof the loop can be varied so as to adjust the length of the strap. A button hole 8 is formed in the strap at' a. point between its ends and another button hole 9 is formed within the free end Aof the strap. lf pref terr-ed the end butt-on holes 9 may he formed ini-tabs l0 secured to the straps. I

lln Fig. l of the drawings a portion of Aa pair of trousers has been indicated at A and secured to the innerA face of the Waist band thereof are suspender buttons B and. C ar ranged ordinarily. the buttons E being located at opposite sides ot the center of the back while the buttons C are located at the sides of the garment.l

In using the support the arms 4 are interv posed between the buttons B and the forked ends 5 are thus brought into engagementv Y stra s 6 extend u iwardl @and laterali" troni.

the plate l, the button holes 8 and 9 reeeiving thek buttons C. The distance between the button holes 8 and S) is slightly less than the distance between the' buttons@ while the distance between the button holes 8 and the plate l is less than the distance between said plate 4and the buttons G. Thus it will be seen that when the support is fastened in the garment in the maanerset forth, elastic straps f3 will henkie the waist portion of the garment. li'lhen. therefore ment is secured about the waist of the wearer the elastic straps will he stretched tolthe extent necessary and will, obviously pull upwardly on the f)late l. .ii-uis swill therefore act to raise the rear portion ot the garmentand thus cause it to hang as accu rately asthough Suspenders were used. As the straps 6 are not secured together at their front ends it will be seen that they will not Cgi arrangement of the garment. Furthermore 4his ongue'aol's as a brace in conjunction willi the plaie l so as lo support lhe back.

llt will be apparent that by lowering the buttons lhe support will aci to hold the garment higher. llhile the Support is espe` cially ue'eicul for holding lrouhors; in position it also Serves, at the saine time, lo hold J[he shirt close to Athe body so that it 'will not orc-ep upwardly upon the wearer.

.flllhongh lille device is preii'erahly formed of spring metal, it is to he undcrelood that lle saine can he made of any other inaerial able,

vlVhal: is claimed is:-

l. A. garment :nipporl' including; a plate haring" opposilely extending forked arms for en 'ng he back suspender buttom of a gai-nient, a longue depending from flic plale'and oppositely extending garment 0ngaging straps conuocled to the plato hel'ween the longue and arms.

2. A garment support including a plate haring opposil'cly extending' springarins, said arms haring forlufd terminals, lhere heingJ upwardly converging" .dots in the plate, and elaisl'ie straps seated in the slots and oxlending in, opposite direcl'iony lroni the plaie along` divorging lines, nach strap including means for engaging' hulloua.

.ln ies-limoni* that; l claiin the foregoing as my own. l have hereto nllixod my signature. in lha presence ol" lwo nit'uesscs.

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l'vilnessea SELINA VILLSON, ERNEST l?. lnnY. 

